A subcontractor cannot rely on a teaming agreement with a contractor as binding, as such agreements imply the parties intend to negotiate in the future. Background InDyne Inc. submitted a proposal to the Air Force in which it proposed Beacon ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A defendant is obligated to pay a settlement because a question raised by plaintiffs after they accepted the defendant’s offer was not a new term. Background On May 19, 2017, defendant’s former attorney, Jonathan S. Kurtin, sent a letter to ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Charles N. Dorsey Roanoke Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Counterclaims brought by a former employee accused of misappropriating company funds are dismissed for insufficient facts and lack of evidence. Background Plaintiffs, a business corporation and its president, allege that defendant Teresa B. Barringer was a long-time company employee in ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James P. Jones U.S. District Court - Western District

Because the sale of real property took place after the listing period and under a contract that was materially different from the first agreement, a broker was not entitled to a fee. Background Ware Creek Real Estate Corp. entered into ...

Tagged with: Contract Supreme Court of Virginia

A training company showed it was likely to prevail on its claim that a former employee, who went to work for one of its clients,  breached a restrictive covenant,  and is entitled to injunctive relief. Background TechINT provides intelligence and ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

A supplier’s motion to set aside a jury’s award to a door manufacturer was granted because the award was not supported by the record or was based on anerroneous damages argument. Background Steves & Sons is an independent manufacturer of ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The case involved claims of fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, and quantum meruit arising from defendant Akira Technologies Inc.’s solicitation of a $250,000 investment from plaintiff Inna Bochkova in the spring 2011. Akira is a small government contractor that was ...

Tagged with: Contract Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Daniel E. Ortiz Million-Dollar Verdicts

Volvo showed a likelihood of success on its claim that commercial-truck dealership owners likely violated a right of first refusal in their agreement with Volvo. Background Defendants Truck Enterprises Inc., James E. Hartman, Truck Enterprises Roanoke Inc., Truck Enterprises Lynchburg ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

The plaintiff Precision Tune franchisor showed that the manner in which the franchisee sold assets and real property and its failure to make advertising expenditures breached the parties’ franchise agreement. Background Plaintiff is the franchisor of the Precision Tune Auto ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

On a motion for default judgment, the court found a manufacturing company established that the corporate defendant breached a contract to deliver a crane, and its owner was personally liable for the resulting loss. Background Plaintiff Bauer Compressors, Inc. accepted ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Raymond A. Jackson U.S. District Court - Eastern District